S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel
Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 440 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 500 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.6 to 86 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 62 | |
| 56 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 4.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 1500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.080 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 94.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |